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8.24.2011

among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and sickened by human behavior. you're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. you'll learn from them--if you want to. just as someday, if you have something of offer, someone will learn something from you. it's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. and it isn't education. it's history. it's poetry.

I also love this book. It was funny to see this quote this morning because I just read Franny and Zooey by Salinger last night. Have you read it? I don't know what people think of it compared to The Catcher in the Rye, but I really, really liked it.

I'm going to preface this by saying that I sincerely love your blog and admire your honesty and openness. I keep coming back because so much of what you say really does hit home for me and for other young women I know. That said ... Why do you always write in lowercase? I sort of get it if it's supposed to be a style thing for your own writing, but it seems inappropriate to inaccurately quote another writer by failing to reproduce the correct punctuation. In general though, what is the stylistic effect you're going for by not capitalizing?

@anonymous: very good point--i'd never thought of it that way before. i've just been typing in lowercase for so long now it's a bit of a habit. i'll definitely take this into consideration when quoting others. as for myself, i guess it has a bit to do with the more you understand the rules of grammar, the more fun it is to break them (not that i get them all the time). i do it because if i ever choose to capitalize something, it'll mean so much more.